US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Holds Hearing on AI-Generated Deepfakes

May 23, 2025

United StatesU.S. Congress

Summary

On May 21, 2025, the Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law of the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: AI-Generated Deepfakes in 2025. The hearing focused on the NO FAKES Act, S.1367, which is a bipartisan bill that would give individuals a property right in digital replicas of their voice and visual likeness. The bill seeks to protect artists and creators from the proliferation of non-consensual digital replicas.

Speakers at the hearing include:

This hearing followed President Trump signing the bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act into law on May 19, 2025, which criminalizes the publication of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions of individuals, including AI-generated deepfakes.

Additional Information: Lawmakers Reintroduce NO FAKES Act

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